Conferences
Radical Americas is very pleased to share the ‘Socialism and Indigeneity in the Americas’ conference, which took place at UCL on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th January 2024. This two day conference consists of six panel discussions on 'Political Economy, Indigeneity and the Modern State', 'Historical Approaches to Political Economy and Indigeneity', 'Socialism and Indigeneity in the Mexican Southeast', 'Indigeneity and Class Struggle in the Andes', 'War of Position in the Andes?' and, 'Currents of Socialism and Indigeneity in Mexico'.
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Conference video recordings
Panel One: Political Economy, Indigeneity and the Modern State
Marieta Valdvia Lefort chairs panel one, a discussion on political economy, indigeneity and the modern state.
Panellist Chris Hesketh discusses his essay, ‘What’s at stake in the plurinational state debate?’
Panellist Rafael Shimabukuro discusses his essay, ‘From above and below: ‘Heroic creation’ in Villa El Salvador’.
Panel Two: Historical Approaches to Political Economy and Indigeneity
Johanna Amaya Panche chairs panel two, a discussion on ‘Historical approaches to political economy and indigeneity’.
Panellist Owen Walsh discusses his essay, ‘Indigenous Americas and the CPUSA during the depression’.
Panellist Philipp Altmann discusses his essay, ‘Between Indo-American communism and autonomy: the indigenous movement in Ecuador’.
Panellist Francisco Vallejo discusses his essay on ‘Invented vanilla identity in twenthieth-century Papantla (Mexico)’.
Panel Three: Socialism and Indigeneity in the Mexican Southeast
This video concludes day 1 of the two day conference and Francesca Edgerton chairs panel three, a discussion on ‘Socialism and indigeneity in the Mexican southeast’.
Panellist Sarah Osten discusses her essay, ‘“For the government to become good”: The political vision and national significance of Felipe Carrillo Puerto’.
Panellist Izaskun Álvarez Cuartero discusses her essay, ‘Elvia Carrillo Puerto y las mujeres mayas yucatecas ¿control social o defensa de la población indígena?’. This discussion, and subsequent Q&A is presented in Spanish.
Panellist, and Editor-in-Chief of Radical Americas, William Booth discusses his essay, ‘The Delahuertista rebellion: A crisis for the postrevolutionary left?’.
Panellist Ben Fallaw discusses his essay ‘Peter, Paul or Judas: Bartolomé García Correa and Yucatecan Socialism 1917-1934’.
Panel Four: Indigeneity and Class Struggle in the Andes
This fourth video of the series Socialism and Indigeneity in the Americas was presented on day 2 of the two day conference. Olivia Arigho-Stiles chairs panel four, a discussion on ‘Indigeneity and class struggle in the Andes’.
Panellist Anthony Dest discusses his book chapter on, ‘Alfonso Cano’s Grave: FARC Vanguardism and Indigenous Autonomy in Conflict’.
Panellist Sebastian Fonseca discusses his essay, ‘FARC Health models: Socialist Health in the Cold War’.
Panellist Tania Gomez Perochena discusses her essay, ‘"We, the Indians": alliances for a common world through the life of Hugo Blanco’.
Panellist Mercedes Crisóstomo discusses her essay ‘Indigenous women making left-wing politics’.
Panel Five: War of Position in the Andes?
Panel 5 of this conference was chaired by Thom Rath, with four panellists discussing ‘War of position in the Andes?’.
Panellist Vaclav Masek discusses his essay, ‘Building socialist hegemony: Gramsci and Mariátegui’s social thought’.
Panellist Jordan Cooper discusses his essay, ‘Marxism and Indianismo: On Fausto Reinaga’s indigenous political theory’.
Panel Six: Currents of Socialism and Indigeneity in Mexico
This video concludes the two day conference on Socialism and Indigeneity in the Americas. Ben Smith chairs the final panel, a discussion on ‘Currents of socialism and indigeneity in Mexico’.
Panellist Tom Wood discusses his essay, ‘Pluralising Mexico: Indigenous rights, radical anthropology and the state’.
Panellist Ana Sofía Rodríguez presents her essay on ‘Mexican Trotskyism and the Indigenous Question (1970s - 1980s)’.
Panellist Malvika Gupta discusses her essay on ‘Constructing a plurinational and intercultural society in Ecuador’Panellist Thomas Lindner discusses his essay, ‘The Reception of Anticolonial Movements after the Mexican Revolution’.